Online: Top 10 Most Requested Cars In Canada

TORONTO, April 2 /CNW/ - Autobytel.ca, Canada's premier automotive e- commerce service, today announced its Top 10 list of the most requested new vehicles for the 2001 calendar year. For the first time, the Ford Escape appears on Autobytel.ca's Top 10 list, which also includes perennial online favorites, the Honda Civic and the Volkswagen Jetta.

"Autobytel.ca car shoppers continue to indicate a clear preference for mid-sized cars, with seven of the ten models making their 3rd appearance on our annual Top 10 list," says Andrew Donchak, Chief Marketing Officer, Autobytel Inc. "While the number of new car buyers shopping online at Autobytel.ca has greatly expanded over the years, their vehicle preferences have remained constant - with six specific mid-sized vehicles, and one clear favorite minivan, the Honda Odyssey, appearing on the list every year."

Making its debut in the number ten spot, the Ford Escape is the only sport utility vehicle to make Autobytel.ca's annual Top 10 list in the three years that the list has been published. Until now, the Top 10 list of most requested vehicles by Autobytel.ca shoppers has only included mid-sized vehicles and a few minivans.

	    The Top 10 new cars requested through Autobytel.ca for the 2001 calendar
	    year are:

	    1   - Honda Civic
	    2   - Volkswagen Jetta
	    3   - Honda Accord
	    4   - Honda Odyssey
	    5   - Mazda Protege
	    6   - Dodge Caravan
	    7   - Toyota Corolla
	    8   - Toyota Camry
	    9   - Ford Focus
	    10  - Ford Escape

Autobytel.ca gives Canadian consumers easy access to new and pre-owned vehicle transactions and information. Since 1996, Autobytel.ca has focused on taking the hassle out of car buying by providing a one-stop, money-saving, car- buying source for consumers. Autobytel.ca empowers consumers with research, reviews, a vehicle configurator and access to M.S.R.P (manufacturers suggested retail price). In addition, Autobytel.ca offers dealer invoice cost pricing, as well as information on rebates, holdbacks, incentives and subsidized low interest rate programs, through www.carcostcanada.com. The site also enables Ontario residents to compare a broad selection of competitive insurance rates at the click of a button.

	    The previous Top 10 list of most requested new vehicles in Canada for the
	    2000 calendar year was:

	    1   - Honda Civic
	    2   - Volkswagen Jetta
	    3   - Honda Accord
	    4   - Honda Odyssey
	    5   - Ford Focus
	    6   - Toyota Corolla
	    7   - Toyota Camry
	    8   - Mazda Protege
	    9   - Dodge Caravan
	    10  - Volkswagen Golf

	    The Top 10 list for the 1999 calendar year was:

	    1   - Honda Civic
	    2   - Volkswagen Jetta
	    3   - Honda Odyssey
	    4   - Honda Accord
	    5   - Ford Windstar
	    6   - Toyota Corolla
	    7   - Toyota Camry
	    8   - Toyota Sienna
	    9   - Mazda Protege
	    10  - Volkswagen Golf